Temporal distribution of clinical seizures over the 24-h day: A retrospective observational study in a tertiary epilepsy clinic

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2019-2026

  Hofstra, Wytske A ^a   Grootemarsink, Bertine E ^a   Dieker, Rianneke ^a   Van Der Palen, Job ^b   De Weerd, Al W ^a  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SLEEP STAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 64149107141     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02044.x     Document Type: Article

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